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CURRENT AFFAIRS – STUDY PLAN
1) Nuclear Program of Pakistan
i) Safety, Security and International Concerns ii) Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Security iii) Nuclear Politics in South Asia
2) Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Threats in Pakistan
i) International Security ii) Changing Security Dynamics for Pakistan: Challenges to National Security iii) Pakistan’s National Interest iv) Challenges to Sovereignty v) Role of Non-State Actors vi) Proxy Wars: Role of External Elements
3) Palestine Issue
4) Kashmir Issue
5) Regional Economic Cooperation and the Role of Pakistan
i) SAARC, ECO, SCO
6) Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus
i) Pakistan’s role in the region ii) Pakistan’s relations with India since 1947 iii) Pakistan’s relations with neighbors excluding India iv) Pakistan and US War on Terror v) Foreign Policy of Pakistan Post-9/11 vi) The War in Afghanistan Since 1979 and its Impact on, and Challenges to Pakistan, in the Post-2014 Era
7) Hydro-Politics – Water Issues in Domestic and Regional Context
UNCOVERED 1) Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs – political, economic and social (20 marks) 2) Pakistan’s External Affairs (40 marks) i) Relations with Neighbors (India, China, Afghanistan, Russia) ii) Relations with the Muslim world (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey) iii) Relations with the U.S. iv) Relations with regional & intl. orgs (UN, SAARC, ECO, OIC, WTO, CW) 3) Global Issues (40 marks) i) International Political Economy ii) Human Rights iii) Environment: Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Accord iv) Population: world population trends, world population policies v) Global Energy Politics vi) International Trade (Doha Development Round and Bali Package) vii) Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans viii) Millennium Development Goals – Current Status ix) Globalization x) Middle East